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one ohio voter told "usa today" "obama is trying to get out the message. don't bother voting because it's over with. i got it." another republican voter on the ground said i think the polls are screwed and skewed. screwed and skewed. that's pretty rough language but leave it to rush limbaugh to take it one step further. >> polls now are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. the polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion but to shape it. yours! depress the heck out of you. >> jennifer: suppress the vote? that's the republican's job. for more on the story i'm joined by mayor marc morial, president of the national urban league and a tremendous voice in the fight against voter suppression. mayor comes to us from new york. so great to have you inside "the war room" tonight. >> hey, great to be with you governor. congratulations on the show and congratulations on the strength of your voice. >> jennifer: i appreciate you saying that. it is when all of us blending our voices together, maybe we can get something done. so are you encouraged b
one ohio voter told "usa today" "obama is trying to get out the message. don't bother voting because it's over with. i got it." another republican voter on the ground said i think the polls are screwed and skewed. screwed and skewed. that's pretty rough language but leave it to rush limbaugh to take it one step further. >> polls now are just being used as another tool of voter suppression. the polls are an attempt to not reflect public opinion but to shape it. yours!...
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obama made this comment to 60 minutes website. >> obama: do we see us sometimes going overboard in our campaign? areas where there's no doubt that somebody could dispute something we're saying that happens in politics. >> eliot: maybe the president is beginning to feel a little sorry for mitt romney don't do it mr. president. i'm joined now by thomas frank, and david catanese who is a reporter with political.com. david the un is meeting here in new york. i know that because you can't drive anywhere. it's gridlock alert every moment of the day, but the statements the president has made does it make the president a little bit vulnerable on foreign affairs which until now had been a strong suit for him. >> these are not the most el event comments the president has made. overall this doesn't his best interview. but i don't think this is sort of a game changer or doesn't rise to the level of the 47% comment that everyone was abscessed with last week around mitt romney because this campaign isn't being designed by foreign policy and most polls have shown obama has a nice cushion there, and i
obama made this comment to 60 minutes website. >> obama: do we see us sometimes going overboard in our campaign? areas where there's no doubt that somebody could dispute something we're saying that happens in politics. >> eliot: maybe the president is beginning to feel a little sorry for mitt romney don't do it mr. president. i'm joined now by thomas frank, and david catanese who is a reporter with political.com. david the un is meeting here in new york. i know that because you...
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that is the message that has really resonated in ohio with the obama super pac and the obama campaign itself and really we have not seen anything in this entire campaign to suggest that romney has a good, solid answer to that. >> i have to add though that a couple of days ago in the recent weeks, the romney campaign has taken a new tack. as you were mentioning, the obama campaign has put out this kind of direct talk to the voter type of action d that basically has the president talking to those folks who would presumably turn out to vote for him. so did the romney campaign. they did come out with a long ad where it is literally mitt romney sitting in front of the camera talk directly to the voters. yes, repeating a lot of the messages that he's said on the stump but doing it personally, i suppose in a way to try to appeal to the folks on a much more personal level to try to draw that personality to add the personality understanding that people often say that they don't have about mitt romney and they've pooled in all of the swing states, including ohio, they've pulled all of the ads t
that is the message that has really resonated in ohio with the obama super pac and the obama campaign itself and really we have not seen anything in this entire campaign to suggest that romney has a good, solid answer to that. >> i have to add though that a couple of days ago in the recent weeks, the romney campaign has taken a new tack. as you were mentioning, the obama campaign has put out this kind of direct talk to the voter type of action d that basically has the president talking to...
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obama is out in front in florida by nine points, and in ohio, president obama is up by ten points. but some republicans seem to have trouble accepting the polls as valid. >> i trust our numbers, and that's what we're basing our decisions off of. >> eliot: good luck with that. in ohio romney accepted the endorsement of golf legend jack nicolaus. >> romney: it's great to have senator rob portman. he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very much. he keeps beating me up and i keep shaking my head. obama deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter claimed to think the same about romney. >> mitt romney is actually pretty good on his feet in debates. as these things go challengers normally win the first debate just by standing on the stage with the president, they could get a lift. >> eliot: romney has had plenty of practice standing on both sides of every issue. here is what he august. >> romney: the president has now raised taxes on the middle class. >> see there is one thing he has not done in the first four years that he said he is going to do in the n
obama is out in front in florida by nine points, and in ohio, president obama is up by ten points. but some republicans seem to have trouble accepting the polls as valid. >> i trust our numbers, and that's what we're basing our decisions off of. >> eliot: good luck with that. in ohio romney accepted the endorsement of golf legend jack nicolaus. >> romney: it's great to have senator rob portman. he is playing barack obama in these mock debates we have. i don't like him very...
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coming up, barack obama's favorite impression of barack obama. viewfinder coming up next. lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> eliot: coming up, last night saw one of the worst calls in nfl history and that's after a week of some pretty close runners up. but first, the eye candy in the white house madonna's bizarre endorsement and a slow news day at fox and friends. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> slow news day. not every day can be exciting and packed with important interesting news. and there are many, many, many 24 hour a day news outlets so occasionally, you'll have a slow news day. >> i believe if you see a peacock, he's on his own. no one owns him. he chose to fly there. he's got no owner. >> peacocks don't fly. >> why do they have wings then? >> i think they fly short distances. >> president obama he talked to you recently. he told you that you did the best impression of him of anybody. >> he did. that was crazy. you know, michelle likes the show. michelle's a fan. she likes it. you know it's on. >> he's funnier. i'm funnier. you know. w
coming up, barack obama's favorite impression of barack obama. viewfinder coming up next. lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> eliot: coming up, last night saw one of the worst calls in nfl history and that's after a week of some pretty close runners up. but first, the eye candy in the white house madonna's bizarre endorsement and a slow news day at fox and friends. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> slow news day. not every day can be exciting and packed...
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the most polls i saw still show obama polling in the 60% of people who trust obama in security. i don't think what's happening in libya, though it is horrible and disturbing as it is, it is going to have that big of an impact come november. >> eliot: i could not agree more. mitt romney speaks about foreign policy. he will get thin slivers of certain groups. he may pick up a few conservative jewish voters based upon the failure of the president to meet with netanyahu. overall arc and argument for the campaign fails. every day he doesn't speak about the economy he loses. he has a better chance there than foreign policy. osama bin laden is dead. end of argument for that. >> that's part of the reason we see such a jump for obama since the dnc because he has been winning the foreign policy debate. he has been winning on national security. lil' he's also winning on economics. >> that's what romney's biggest problem is. he's not winning on economy or national security. >> eliot: he should go on vacation. he would do better. every time he opens his mouth he goes down in the polls. ohio
the most polls i saw still show obama polling in the 60% of people who trust obama in security. i don't think what's happening in libya, though it is horrible and disturbing as it is, it is going to have that big of an impact come november. >> eliot: i could not agree more. mitt romney speaks about foreign policy. he will get thin slivers of certain groups. he may pick up a few conservative jewish voters based upon the failure of the president to meet with netanyahu. overall arc and...
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it seems it's romney, obama. whatever happened to the band of escaped circus performers that also wanted to be president, in other words, gop also-res, where are they now? newt gingrich child in on his one area of expertise space. he says he likes the romney ryan space plan over obama's but said it's not robust enough. good to see he tuned it down since the stunt he pulled last week. >> rick perry funny he didn't sleep, so his whole campaign felt like a dream. to be honest, we don't remember most of it. rick santorum found the rest of his sweater. that's nice. >> ron paul, he's actually still running. not much has changed. herman cain said if he won the nomination, he would have a "substantial lead over president obama." in that world, obama would have bigger issues to focus on, what with all the flying pigs and mothersmen of the apocalypse flying about. i'm done talking now. >> thank you brett. all right everybody someone's always in our war room, so you should check us out on line at current.com/thewarroom, che
it seems it's romney, obama. whatever happened to the band of escaped circus performers that also wanted to be president, in other words, gop also-res, where are they now? newt gingrich child in on his one area of expertise space. he says he likes the romney ryan space plan over obama's but said it's not robust enough. good to see he tuned it down since the stunt he pulled last week. >> rick perry funny he didn't sleep, so his whole campaign felt like a dream. to be honest, we don't...
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is alive and obama that will work to the disadvantage of romney. he wants to talk about the economy, which i think is what he sees as the administration's weakenings. the more time he spends on foreign policy it takes him away from his core message. >> eliot: the issue of iran and the bomb that was in the news during the u.n. general assembly meeting, where are we on that. the president seems to be inching towards a demonstration towards a lack of patience, and the israeli view is that the time runs short. i mean, is this a matter of months where we need some resolution? >> well, i think there is some makings of a deal but it's going to take time, and to work on this. an example of where romney has rhetoric on iran, but when pressed what is his bottom line, it's similar if not identical president obama. >> eliot: p.j. crowley as always, thank you so much for your wisdom. >> my pleasure. >> eliot: tune in to current tv for our debate conscience where he'll be joined by cenk uygur governor grand home, john fugelsang and vice president al gore. join u
is alive and obama that will work to the disadvantage of romney. he wants to talk about the economy, which i think is what he sees as the administration's weakenings. the more time he spends on foreign policy it takes him away from his core message. >> eliot: the issue of iran and the bomb that was in the news during the u.n. general assembly meeting, where are we on that. the president seems to be inching towards a demonstration towards a lack of patience, and the israeli view is that...
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romney. >> obama: good luck tonight. >> no, really. >> obama: really. >> cenk: now, that was during the republican primaries when mitt romney was about to go to debates. but that could be say going into the debate with. we have michael shure and senior editor for the "new republic." i want to run this by you. it looks like romney is in a big load of trouble when it comes do the debates because he does not have much room to attack president obama. am i seeing this wrong? >> no, i think you're right. if i had one major strategic criticism of the romney campaign, they never migrated to the middle of the spectrum. ever since he had to move rights during the primaryies to offset challenges from newt gringrich and rick perry he maintained the base but it's mystifying that he never moved center. i agree with you the guy has boxed himself in on the far right political spectrum, and it's not the place you want to be with a month before the election day. >> cenk: i think moam made a good point the whole idea was that he was more electable. >> newt gringrich forever is saying he's not the most ele
romney. >> obama: good luck tonight. >> no, really. >> obama: really. >> cenk: now, that was during the republican primaries when mitt romney was about to go to debates. but that could be say going into the debate with. we have michael shure and senior editor for the "new republic." i want to run this by you. it looks like romney is in a big load of trouble when it comes do the debates because he does not have much room to attack president obama. am i seeing...
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i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot: part of the reason for this is there is this huge chasm when the imagery of ronald reagan and the reality of how he governed. the article is titled "who is driving mitt," eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine, thank you for time you tonight. >> thank you. >> eliot: and we'll show you every clumsy thing mitt romney ever did. it's in the viewfinder coming up next. when you use lysol at home, you'll know you're a part of something bigger. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> eliot: >> eliot: still to come signs of life in the union movement lessons from the
i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot:...
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and led by president obama. you think i would support president obama more knowing he's restarting the ottoman empire. stephen colbert did the best takedown of him ever on this. watch. >> according to -- ottoman empire is making the comeback with the help of barack obama. >> it is i! welcome to obama's ottoman america. >> thank you congressman louie gohmert for warning us against the ottoman menace. >> cenk: that was one of the funniest and smartest segments i'veer seen. so of course, gohmert in the middle of the ring. hey, watch out. here comes colbert! what now louie? what now? this has been "the young turks." we'll see you tomorrow. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." this just in, barack obama has won ohio and its 18 electoral votes. no, it hasn't really happened just yet. with president obama's 10-point lead in ohio that, critical swing state is now almost out of reach for mitt romney. which means to win the election, romney almost has to sweep the remaining swing states to ha
and led by president obama. you think i would support president obama more knowing he's restarting the ottoman empire. stephen colbert did the best takedown of him ever on this. watch. >> according to -- ottoman empire is making the comeback with the help of barack obama. >> it is i! welcome to obama's ottoman america. >> thank you congressman louie gohmert for warning us against the ottoman menace. >> cenk: that was one of the funniest and smartest segments i'veer seen....
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i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot: part of the reason for this is there is this huge chasm when the imagery of ronald reagan and the reality of how he governed. the article is titled "who is driving mitt," eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine, thank you for time you tonight. >> thank then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...allstate safe driving bonus check? what is that? so weird, right? my agent, tom, said... [ voice of dennis ] ...only allstate sends you a bonus check for every six months you're accident-free... ...but i'm a woman. maybe it's a misprint. does it look like a misprint? ok. what i was trying
i think people are concerned with obama as well, who is the real obama. >> eliot: yeah. but we do know that mitt romney is being sunk but his apparently feelty to the far right. and david stockman said this guy is a joker. >> that's right. they look at romney and say this is too far. the right has gone to an extreme that we never would have envisioned or endorsed and the country cannot sustain. this deep of cut to the social net and economic engine will spell chaos. >> eliot:...
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i love the fact if obama is reelected. even though dobbs is starting to hedge it bet, he is still a monster. >> stephanie: rush limbaugh. >> i think obama incited at the democratic convention. i think ted coppel if he wanted to talk about who incited what he would look at this uprising in the middle east -- who is telling everybody about this and who is characterizing the video as something horrible. >> i blame the femenazis. >> i'm trying to apply logic. limbaugh is saying that obama wanted to fire up these mobs. >> yes. >> stephanie: okay. okay. and of course when bush was president he bragged abmilitary achievements in the middle east or anything like that. >> stephanie: yeah. >> obama is the only one to out to u.s. military success ever. >> yeah. >> and dobbs and limbaugh both don't understand the first thing about what is going on. bin laden has been dead for a while. but they are now pretending that that is at the center of all of this. >> stephanie: all right. ann coulter. >> the way liberals have treated blacks lik
i love the fact if obama is reelected. even though dobbs is starting to hedge it bet, he is still a monster. >> stephanie: rush limbaugh. >> i think obama incited at the democratic convention. i think ted coppel if he wanted to talk about who incited what he would look at this uprising in the middle east -- who is telling everybody about this and who is characterizing the video as something horrible. >> i blame the femenazis. >> i'm trying to apply logic. limbaugh is...
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this one where obama says he's not done lying yet. but if he is a liar, technically that means he is done lying. and there's this one with karl marx and an empty chair saying the only known photo of karl marx and president obama. that one is kind of funny. according to the "washington post," the man behind the photos is a 55-year-old retired flight crew member. worst flight attendant ever! thank you for flying the friendly skies. how would you like your coffee and don't say black. he told reporters "we don't racist." >> speaking personally, facebook should not be a place for party officials to post racist photos of our president that make me feel bad about our country. it should remain a sacred place where ex-girlfriends post pictures of themselves looking happier and slightly more attractive than they were when i dated them and to make me feel bad about myself. i'm done talking now. >> jennifer: all right. someone's always in our war room. check us out online on current.com/"the war room." that's where you can link up to our twitter
this one where obama says he's not done lying yet. but if he is a liar, technically that means he is done lying. and there's this one with karl marx and an empty chair saying the only known photo of karl marx and president obama. that one is kind of funny. according to the "washington post," the man behind the photos is a 55-year-old retired flight crew member. worst flight attendant ever! thank you for flying the friendly skies. how would you like your coffee and don't say black. he...
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even president obama spoke out yesterday and said come on bring back the real refs. >> obama: it is just me or do we have to get our regular refs back -- >> oh, geez sir, i know you are busy -- >> obama: i can't get involved with it, but i'm expressing my point of view as a sports fan. >> bill: listen to this anti-union, scott walker governor of wisconsin, and anti-union paul ryan vice presidential candidate both came out yesterday and said we support the union refs. and here -- here is paul ryan. >> i mean, give me a break. [ laughter ] >> it is time to get the real refs. >> bill: the real receives back. those who really know the game. all you need to know is the guy who made that call monday night had never before refed any game more important than a junior college football game. >> that's amazing. >> bill: unbelievable. some of those refs also were deemed unqualified to ref games in the lingerie league. >> it is also perfect that this is the example that america will finally get. the war on teachers the war on public employees, this is what everybody will get. >> bill: yes. i'll be ba
even president obama spoke out yesterday and said come on bring back the real refs. >> obama: it is just me or do we have to get our regular refs back -- >> oh, geez sir, i know you are busy -- >> obama: i can't get involved with it, but i'm expressing my point of view as a sports fan. >> bill: listen to this anti-union, scott walker governor of wisconsin, and anti-union paul ryan vice presidential candidate both came out yesterday and said we support the union refs. and...
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president obama was on "the view" with barbara walter. >> obama: i think america is so strong and we have so much going for us that we can survive a lot, and -- but the american people don't want to just survive. we want everybody to thrive. [ applause ] >> obama: we want folks to have a chance at the top. so who's policies are more likely to lead us to where we want to go. >> elizabeth hasselbeck was just sitting there seething. >> i hate you people! >> stephanie: robert gibbs. >> mitt romney has anned a van tenure because he has been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over last year. he bragged that he was declared the winner 16 of those debates, so i think having been through this much more recently than president obama. i think he comes in with the advantage. >> he was debating, herman cain 999, and rick santorum oops. >> low bar. >> stephanie: if mitt romney has to drop out -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: -- because of what does peggy noonan call it, a rolling calamity. this guy may step in. robert san felipeo had a son, he struggled however, not
president obama was on "the view" with barbara walter. >> obama: i think america is so strong and we have so much going for us that we can survive a lot, and -- but the american people don't want to just survive. we want everybody to thrive. [ applause ] >> obama: we want folks to have a chance at the top. so who's policies are more likely to lead us to where we want to go. >> elizabeth hasselbeck was just sitting there seething. >> i hate you people! >>...
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: i'm barack obama. and i approve this message. >> bill: i think he is hiding the fact that there were years in which he paid zero income taxes. roy is calling from ashville north carolina. hi, bill good morning. >> caller: bill you are no doubt right on that. in '08 and '09 he paid nothing because mccain didn't pick him, he owed and he went tax avoidance wild. >> bill: let's remember 23 years of returns or something he gave to mccain. >> caller: yep, and mccare picked sarah palin. really roy i have to -- bruce called just before the break about george romney's quote. and for bruce's sake and everybody else'ses i want to get the quote exact. here is what he said. george romney mitt's father asked -- his buy august fer asked him for one year of tax returns. and george romney said no release of that document while it might serve a political purpose would not prove very much. one year he said could be a fluke, perhaps done just for show. i just wanted to get that quote out there exactly. go ahead, roy. >> c
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. >> obama: what's my plan. first we create a million new manufacturing jobs and help businesses double their exports. give tax breaks to companies that invest in america. not the to ship jobs overseas. >> other parts of the president's plan include cutting oil imports in half, training new teachers and workers bringing down student loans and reducing the deficit. that ad is airing in seven key states. over the next month and a half, we can expect both campaigns to target unlikely voters. that is because early voting is already underway and early voters tend to be educated, informed motivated. basically, they already know who they're voting for. what's left are the undecided and unlikely voters and we can expect both campaigns to work hard to get those people to the polls. meanwhile, florida is trying to keep people away. the state's officially restarting its voter purge with less than six weeks to go until election day. florida stopped its effort earlier this year when its purge list was obviously inaccurate. n
. >> obama: what's my plan. first we create a million new manufacturing jobs and help businesses double their exports. give tax breaks to companies that invest in america. not the to ship jobs overseas. >> other parts of the president's plan include cutting oil imports in half, training new teachers and workers bringing down student loans and reducing the deficit. that ad is airing in seven key states. over the next month and a half, we can expect both campaigns to target unlikely...
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but my rage goes straight at barack obama. you see, his buddies in the press are trying to make this crisis about mitt romney. who on the day of the a attacks courageously vowed not to campaign on 9/11. >> there is a time and place for that. but this day is not that. >> stephen: no. that day was not that. (laughter) turns out, that night was that. jim. >> governor mitt romney just releasing this statement. it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged attacks. >> stephen: how dare obama sympathize with the attackers. he should have stood up against them like mitt romney did by attacking our president. (laughter) now it turns out, folks, when romney attacked him, obama hadn't said anything yet. (laughter) mitt was talking about a brief statement condemning religious bigotry put out on the web site of the cairo embassy before the attacks ever happened. so of course there came a barrage of attacks from the liberal media
but my rage goes straight at barack obama. you see, his buddies in the press are trying to make this crisis about mitt romney. who on the day of the a attacks courageously vowed not to campaign on 9/11. >> there is a time and place for that. but this day is not that. >> stephen: no. that day was not that. (laughter) turns out, that night was that. jim. >> governor mitt romney just releasing this statement. it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not...
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we're debating obama. >> reagan had a far worse economy than obama inherited. he said he was inheriting it and he said -- but he hasn't fixed it. >> wow. >> stephanie: wow. really reaching now, aren't you? >> they love to revise the reagan and -- as media matters has pointed out there is no comparison in terms of the economy because the fed could just change interest rates which they did, which basically fixed that economy. you know, the fed can't do anymore when you're at zero, you can't go any lower. also, the unemployment completely different story. what hannity never mentions, if you go back to -- we're going way back here. if you're going back to the closing months of the carter/reagan campaign, unemployment was going down under the last six months under jimmy carter. ronald reagan won and it skyrocketed back up. ronald reagan did not inherit climbing unemployment the way barack obama did. ronald reagan actually inherited unemployment on its way down. he got into office and it did a u-turn and it went back up. hannity -- and the reagan -- >> stephanie: exp
we're debating obama. >> reagan had a far worse economy than obama inherited. he said he was inheriting it and he said -- but he hasn't fixed it. >> wow. >> stephanie: wow. really reaching now, aren't you? >> they love to revise the reagan and -- as media matters has pointed out there is no comparison in terms of the economy because the fed could just change interest rates which they did, which basically fixed that economy. you know, the fed can't do anymore when you're...
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madonna strips for obama. offers profanity-laced endorsement. >> yeah, i don't see that as a problem. >> stephanie: she stripped down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body. she said you all better vote for obama, okay? >> you're not helping. >> stephanie: you're not helping. >> have you seen sara silverman's video? >> stephanie: i have not. >> it is genius. everybody should watch it. >> it is up on the facebook page. >> it is fw. it is not safe for work but it is terrific. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: look at this. girls to go -- jack nicholson still partying to beat the band at age 75. he still goes for wild women only now everything goes down at his l.a. estate unless it is for a lakers game or work, he rarely leaves his house. i'm the female jack nicholson now. >> i just have the girls come up. there's no need to leave the house. >> stephanie: that's me. >> bring them to the front door. the back door's jammed. >> stephanie: i had a birthday party. >> crazy som
madonna strips for obama. offers profanity-laced endorsement. >> yeah, i don't see that as a problem. >> stephanie: she stripped down to her underwear to reveal the president's name written on her body. she said you all better vote for obama, okay? >> you're not helping. >> stephanie: you're not helping. >> have you seen sara silverman's video? >> stephanie: i have not. >> it is genius. everybody should watch it. >> it is up on the facebook page....
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barack obama is it 34? >> 37. barack obama 36. so whatever it is, it is really coming up quick and obviously nevada is going to be critical to this election. >> john: the president doesn't know how many days until the election. he doesn't care how many -- you think he really didn't know how many days until the election? >> i mean -- first of all these outrageous countdowns to a certain day drive me nuts but we're not that far out. >> john: it's not that far out. he should know. i would think he knows. >> john: i think he's aware of it. that's how cool and off the cuff he is. mitt romney, of course, not to be outdone he is giving a foreign policy speech next week after the debate. the two candidates are not campaign today. they're both taking time off for today only to work on their debate prep. of course, mitt romney is rehearsing with rob portman of ohio standing in for barack obama because really when you think about black neoprogressive democrat, who do you want to have stand in for that? rob portman. >> absolutely. >> john: th
barack obama is it 34? >> 37. barack obama 36. so whatever it is, it is really coming up quick and obviously nevada is going to be critical to this election. >> john: the president doesn't know how many days until the election. he doesn't care how many -- you think he really didn't know how many days until the election? >> i mean -- first of all these outrageous countdowns to a certain day drive me nuts but we're not that far out. >> john: it's not that far out. he...
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obama is getting a lot of credit for what appears to be obama's surge in the polls. even the romney people will tell you the obama's at least two or three points ahead right now. they've -- they credit clinton with a lot of that. no doubt there is a close relationship. we also have the factor that hillary clinton may run again for president in four years hanging over this. >> bill: president obama -- i mean president clinton saying he's no idea whether she's going to run again. you know what? you remind me. peter, if we can president was asked last night -- yesterday on "the view," barbara walters suggested the possibility -- we've all talked about hillary running in 2016. barbara walters raised the possibility of another first lady running and the president's response was kind of -- was very interesting. here's how that exchange went. >> he should run -- she should run for office but she says she doesn't want to. [ applause ] >> obama: michelle would be terrific but temperamentally i just don't think that -- >> no, it's absolutely true. it takes a lot of patience to
obama is getting a lot of credit for what appears to be obama's surge in the polls. even the romney people will tell you the obama's at least two or three points ahead right now. they've -- they credit clinton with a lot of that. no doubt there is a close relationship. we also have the factor that hillary clinton may run again for president in four years hanging over this. >> bill: president obama -- i mean president clinton saying he's no idea whether she's going to run again. you know...
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while over the weekend the obama campaign pounded on his 47% comments. nbc's brian mooar has the very latest from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica. mitt romney hoping to turn the conversation today after a week spent largely on defense. >> well, i'll tell you what, this has been an interesting week. >> reporter: interesting, perhaps, but mitt romney doesn't want to repeat of last week. he's hoping to get back on the attack against president obama. >> he said, you know, you can't change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. we're going to give him that chance on november 6th. >> reporter: romney's heading to battleground ohio for a three-day tour with running mate paul ryan, hoping to leave behind a week dominated by discouraging polls and the releases of a secret videotape and more tax information. >> probably not the best week in the campaign, but i will say that i think we can look back at last week as a campaign in a couple months and say this was the defining week in both campaigns. >> reporter
while over the weekend the obama campaign pounded on his 47% comments. nbc's brian mooar has the very latest from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica. mitt romney hoping to turn the conversation today after a week spent largely on defense. >> well, i'll tell you what, this has been an interesting week. >> reporter: interesting, perhaps, but mitt romney doesn't want to repeat of last week. he's hoping to get back on the attack against president obama....
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president obama and romney appeared on "60 minutes." romney defended himself that he hasn't laid out details about his plan to fix the ecomy. >> you're asking people to hire you as president of the united states. they want to hear some specific. >> i can tell them specifically i won't raise taxes on middle class folks. i won't lower -- >> he has one notes. tax cuts for the wealthy. >> reporter: after romney released summaries of past income tax returns on friday, romney paid 14% last year because most of his income came from capital gains. he was asked if it was fair to pay the low rate. >> it's the right way to encourage economic growth. >> reporter: the obama camp jumped on that comment issuing a statement saying independent economists don't agree that refusing to ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share and over taxing middle class families will promote economic growth or job creation. romney's taxes are part avenue obama campaign ad which hit the gop candidate on a secretly recorded fundraiser where he said 47% of americans pay no
president obama and romney appeared on "60 minutes." romney defended himself that he hasn't laid out details about his plan to fix the ecomy. >> you're asking people to hire you as president of the united states. they want to hear some specific. >> i can tell them specifically i won't raise taxes on middle class folks. i won't lower -- >> he has one notes. tax cuts for the wealthy. >> reporter: after romney released summaries of past income tax returns on...
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president obama is leading about the handling of taxes. president obama leads mr. romney on nearly every issue polled including standing up for the middle class, foreign policy and medicare. the only issue where romney has an advantage is on the budget and on federal spending where he leads 50 to 45. >>> in what's considered a bit of a preview for the upcoming debates, president obama and mitt romney were both asked about foreign policy in the middle east including about the u.s. relationship with israel. >> the president's decision not to meet with bebe netanyahu, the president of israel when he's here is a mistake and it sends a message throughout the middle east that somehow we distanced ourselves from our friends and i think the exact opposite approach is what's necessary. >> well look i have conversations with prime minister netanyahu all the time and i understand and share prime minister netanyahu's insincestence that they should not get a nuclear weapon. i feel an obligation not pressure but obligation to make sure that we're in close consultation with the i
president obama is leading about the handling of taxes. president obama leads mr. romney on nearly every issue polled including standing up for the middle class, foreign policy and medicare. the only issue where romney has an advantage is on the budget and on federal spending where he leads 50 to 45. >>> in what's considered a bit of a preview for the upcoming debates, president obama and mitt romney were both asked about foreign policy in the middle east including about the u.s....
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who would bought barack obama would be standard bearer? it could be somebody weird not even thinking of. i have a hard time thinking of the name because it strikes me we see women who were part of second wave feminism, i tried to make a statement, reach that point* where they are retiring although it did not stop john mccain. how women politically age there was a gap between that generation and a new group coming up. also and nikki haley. she has managed south carolina barry well. the advantage of ethnicity bringing diversity to the republican party one could argue it needs diversity. >> we all looked at one another when bill asked the question. the pipeline is a little thin. susanna marty thence the governor of the mexico that we tend to reelect more governors and members of congress i think that is the pipeline very articulate -- particulate but give her six years and has potential. and elizabeth warren sheet is is elected there are a couple. we just need to get more women elected. research that has been done that says to make any kind o
who would bought barack obama would be standard bearer? it could be somebody weird not even thinking of. i have a hard time thinking of the name because it strikes me we see women who were part of second wave feminism, i tried to make a statement, reach that point* where they are retiring although it did not stop john mccain. how women politically age there was a gap between that generation and a new group coming up. also and nikki haley. she has managed south carolina barry well. the advantage...
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obama doesn't care. i think he is coming out looking very bad, larry. >> i want to get a quick take before we bring the members in here. to me, this guy is a cheap shot artist. he may be representing obama you wants a cheap shot to go after the banks and where are the kudos for jp morgan that did this and put this together at a time when everything was unravel elling. >> the federal government was under pressure for the euro europeons. andrew cuomo preceded snyder man and declined to use the act. this is the same evidence that he looked over and said i'm not going ahead with this and there are cases and -- let me get this straight. he decided the evidence wasn't there. snyder man looked at it and he is playing cheap politics. >> that is your opinion. >> he has become a good governor of new york and said no go. and this guy says no go and we are on the eve of an election and jp morgan did the lord's work. somebody had to stock the hemorrhaging. >> there is fraud here. no question about it. who is responsi
obama doesn't care. i think he is coming out looking very bad, larry. >> i want to get a quick take before we bring the members in here. to me, this guy is a cheap shot artist. he may be representing obama you wants a cheap shot to go after the banks and where are the kudos for jp morgan that did this and put this together at a time when everything was unravel elling. >> the federal government was under pressure for the euro europeons. andrew cuomo preceded snyder man and declined...
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obama not seized assets. he has, however, taken over the medical care industry but congress gave him the authority to do that. he didn't do it by executive fiat. now i know many of you are going to write to me screaming, screaming in print that barack obama is a raving socialist. you might be right but you will never prove it. the president does want to regulate corporate activity to some extent but after the mortgage investment con that led to the terrible recession. we need some federal oversight on financial gang centers. the huge mistake mr. obama is making is that he wants to rub the entire u.s. economy from washington. that has gotten him into big economic trouble. blaming the continuing economic mess on president bush is hollow and cynical. it is the president's policies now that are driving economic results. 45 months is more than enough time to reignite the powerful economic engine. more that be enough time. you can't solve all all all the problems in that time. but you can certainly gain some econom
obama not seized assets. he has, however, taken over the medical care industry but congress gave him the authority to do that. he didn't do it by executive fiat. now i know many of you are going to write to me screaming, screaming in print that barack obama is a raving socialist. you might be right but you will never prove it. the president does want to regulate corporate activity to some extent but after the mortgage investment con that led to the terrible recession. we need some federal...
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president obama and romney appeared on "60 minutes." romney defended himself that he hasn't laid out details about his plan to fix the economy. >> you're asking people to hire you as president of the united states. they want to hear some specifics. >> i can tell them specifically i won't raise taxes on middle class folks. i will not lower the share of taxes paid by high income individuals. >> president obama told steve croft romney's plan won't work. >> he has one note. tax cuts for the wealthy. rolling back regulations as a recipe for success. >> reporter: after romney released summaries of past income tax returns on friday, romney paid 14% last year because most of his income came from capital gains. he was asked if it was fair to pay the low rate. >> it's the right way to encourage economic growth. to get people to invest, to start businesses, to put people to work. >> reporter: the obama camp jumped on that comment issuing a statement saying independent economists don't agree that refusing to ask the wealthiest to pay their fair sha
president obama and romney appeared on "60 minutes." romney defended himself that he hasn't laid out details about his plan to fix the economy. >> you're asking people to hire you as president of the united states. they want to hear some specifics. >> i can tell them specifically i won't raise taxes on middle class folks. i will not lower the share of taxes paid by high income individuals. >> president obama told steve croft romney's plan won't work. >> he has...
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i wl real obama care and ac wreeaca reform. obama re is really exhibit number one of the president's political philosophy, and that is that government knows better than people how to run the lives. wel the youe i k d kwhou can say. he's talking to ron allen, a straight news reporter. this is the third episode here in a matter of hours. at a univision forum last week, romney admitted he'd take credit for obama care except during the prims. >>avpecen health care reform. now and then the president says i'm the grandfather of obama care. i don't think he meant that a complimentbui'llake thtmino y fu >> well, there you have it, mark, and then john. speaking to a straight news reporter for nbc, ron allen, he says something that's supportive of what he did in massachusetts. then before a partisan crowd, he takes it back and lashes out at obama care. and then before a group he assumes to be a bit more liberal, he goes bacin favor of it again sayingi take that cet ay a complimen but i'll and there you go, what is this guy? he's like a b
i wl real obama care and ac wreeaca reform. obama re is really exhibit number one of the president's political philosophy, and that is that government knows better than people how to run the lives. wel the youe i k d kwhou can say. he's talking to ron allen, a straight news reporter. this is the third episode here in a matter of hours. at a univision forum last week, romney admitted he'd take credit for obama care except during the prims. >>avpecen health care reform. now and then the...
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rorm.cehe now and then the president says i'm the grandfather of obama care. i don't think he meant that as a compliment, but i'll take it. this was during my primary. we thought it might not be helpful. >> well, there you have it, ma, and then john. speakingo a raig new rteror n, al h saomngt'pporve of what he did in massachusetts. then before a partisan crowd, he takes it back and lashes out at obama care. and then before a group he assumes to be a bit more liberal, he goes back in favor of it again saying, i take that not as a compliment, but i'll accept it anyway. aneryou , what is this guy? he's like a bobble head. >> well, i've not been as dubious about the notion of yo coulbe a ctainyp pocythatvet not think it's a good idea for washington to do it, but when you extend the rhetoric to the morality of covering all children and the morality of universal heth care, then i think it's a harder case to make, and, you know, governor romney igetting a lot of criticism in the pre, so evn cel i separate the two types of criticism. the kind you're talking about com
rorm.cehe now and then the president says i'm the grandfather of obama care. i don't think he meant that as a compliment, but i'll take it. this was during my primary. we thought it might not be helpful. >> well, there you have it, ma, and then john. speakingo a raig new rteror n, al h saomngt'pporve of what he did in massachusetts. then before a partisan crowd, he takes it back and lashes out at obama care. and then before a group he assumes to be a bit more liberal, he goes back in...
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look, that's a great place for president obama to be. remember, he doesn't need ohio to get to 270 electoral votes. it's hard to see, there are ways, but it's hard to see how mitt romney gets to 270 electoral votes without ohio. >> a dispute bubbling up over something that the president said on "60 minutes" with scott pelley describing what happened with the protests in libya as a bump in the road. >> right. >> mitt romney had a conversation with peter alexander on the road today and this was his pushback about it. >> the president characterized as bumps in the road, the developments in the middle east. we've just had an ambassador assassinated. egypt has elected a muslim brotherhood person as president. iran is on the cusp of having a nuclear capability. we have tumult in syria and pakistan. i don't consider these bumps in the road. i think this is a time for american leadership. >> and jay carney at the white house now responding to that. >> this morning about the line bump in the road is not that it's minimizing the arab spring but it
look, that's a great place for president obama to be. remember, he doesn't need ohio to get to 270 electoral votes. it's hard to see, there are ways, but it's hard to see how mitt romney gets to 270 electoral votes without ohio. >> a dispute bubbling up over something that the president said on "60 minutes" with scott pelley describing what happened with the protests in libya as a bump in the road. >> right. >> mitt romney had a conversation with peter alexander on...
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number, a key number, obama, 50%, romney, 47%. let's go to the issue of the debate. mitt romney seems to have changed his tune on health care. here he was on "60 minutes." >> does the government have a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million americans who don't have it today? >> well, we do provide care for people who don't have insurance, people -- if someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. we pick them up in an ambulance and take them to the hospital and give them care and different states have different ways of providing for that care. >> that's the most expensive way to do it. >> well -- >> in the emergency room. >> again, different states have different ways of doing that. >> it's interesting the people who don't don't have health care live in parnlts. that may be his latest etch-a-sketch moment. listen to what he told mike barn kl a couple years ago on "morning joe" same question, same suggest. listen to how the answer is different. >> do you believe in universal coverage? >> oh
number, a key number, obama, 50%, romney, 47%. let's go to the issue of the debate. mitt romney seems to have changed his tune on health care. here he was on "60 minutes." >> does the government have a responsibility to provide health care to the 50 million americans who don't have it today? >> well, we do provide care for people who don't have insurance, people -- if someone has a heart attack, they don't sit in their apartment and die. we pick them up in an ambulance and...
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they know men and women like michelle obama. they know men like barack obama. and they are not falling for it and they are the neadrethals. they are wondering, what cave did you come out of? >> ana marie, is this due to desperation that they are going back to the old dirty tricks and code words because they are losing and they've become desperate? >> i think so, al. i have to say, i want to be totally fair. people said some really nasty things about george bush when he was in office. there are pretty awful character turs of him. there's one significant thing, it did not have the racialress nans of him and that's a huge thing. here's one thing that i think they have in common. those things didn't really work. those slurs against george bush did not really work with the mass amount of people and i do not think that these things are working in part because we have grown as a country. we elected barack obama. that doesn't mean that we've seen the end of racism but it does mean that people my age, people a little younger than me don't have that same resonance becaus
they know men and women like michelle obama. they know men like barack obama. and they are not falling for it and they are the neadrethals. they are wondering, what cave did you come out of? >> ana marie, is this due to desperation that they are going back to the old dirty tricks and code words because they are losing and they've become desperate? >> i think so, al. i have to say, i want to be totally fair. people said some really nasty things about george bush when he was in...